What’s happening in Armenia?
Protests over planned hikes in electricity tariffs entered their seventh day on Thursday night in the Armenian capital of Yerevan. Police response to the protests, which began last Friday, has been violent: police batons and water cannons were used against peaceful protestors and more than 230 demonstrators and journalists were detained on Tuesday as marchers made their way to the president’s residence in the capital, The Washington Post reports. According to officials, most of those detained have been released.
Source: Newsweek
